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About Me
- Gike
- I've been involved in endurance sports since 1979. I have done every distance of race out there, and have used so many "training programs", I've lost count.I have completed 4 Ironman, running races up to the 100 mile trail and the 24 hour track. XC skiing, Snowhoeing, telemark skiing. Biking is my passion, though! I have bicycle commuted year round for 25 some years. I met my wife Pam at a bike club meeting and we got married on bicycles. We are nationally trained by the LAB to teach cycling theory and skills. We both have pedicabs, recumbent trikes, and numerous upright bikes. We moved to Decatur GA to live car free and ride year round. With all this expertise, we'd like to expose others to this active lifestyle. Our training program adjusts to each clients skill level and goals. 1 hour to one day sessions are what WEIRD does. Do something different and WEIRD.
The Keirin is a full contact bicycle race where the pack needs to "follow" a motorized bicycle, called a durnee, for 4.5 laps of a 6 lap race. The laps get progressively faster as the durnee cranks it up, 18, 22, 24 mph....then pulls off and its a sprint to the finish. Speeds get up over 40 mph in these wild sprints. Elbows, head butts, shoulder push's..... all legal. These sprints gave me goosebumbs every time, coming out of turn 3 and 4 to the line. Remember that all track racing is on fixed gear bikes.
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